2023-12-31-accounts

EROSH

(Registered charity, number 1165109) Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023

Page	Contents
2 - 4	Trustees’ annual report
5	Independent examiner’s report
6	Receipts & payments account
7	Statement of assets & liabilities
8	Notes to the accounts

EROSH Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 31 December 2023

Full name EROSH

Organisation type Charitable incorporated organisation

Registered charity number 1165109

Principal address PO Box 127, Pontypridd, CF37 9FF

Trustees

Ann Karas, Chair Trudy Hawkins, Vice Chair Emily Lewis, Treasurer, from 31/10/23 Chris Jones Emma Quansah Christopher Thomas Christopher Stephens Amanda Cutbill-Sims, from 04/08/23 Joy Smith, until 31/10/23 Karen Palmer, until 31/10/23

Independent examiner

John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL

Governance and management

The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution CIO – Association registered 8 January 2016.

We advertise for expressions of interest for erosh trustees on our website, LinkedIn, charity jobs, social media channels.

We have a document for all prospective trustees to read "Your guide to being an erosh trustee" which explains about who we are and the role of a trustee. An application is submitted by prospective trustees and applications are discussed at Trustees’ meetings and Trustees are appointed from here for a period of 3 years.

Objectives and activities

Erosh has two overarching objectives:

1. Promoting the education of the public in the provision of older persons housing and services in order to relieve the needs of older people;

2. To relieve the needs of older people by promoting the effective use of resources by charities and non-charitable organisations with the older persons housing and support sector.

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Public benefit statement

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit

We champion good quality older people's housing and support and provide practical resources for those working with older people and their service manager. We have our own Code of Practice enabling sheltered and supported housing providers to demonstrate the quality of their services against nationally recognised standards.

We have national and regional networks which give members the opportunity to be more actively involved at a local level.

Disseminate good practice.

Celebrate housing with care and support for older people.

These activities benefit the public by raised awareness of the value and benefits of older people's housing so that older people and their families are aware of options available to them.

Influence joint working at all levels to ensure the best use of resources, helping to save money for health and social care.

Promoting sheltered and retirement housing schemes as community hubs to make the best use of resources and help reduce social isolation and loneliness.

Encouraging providers to proactively involve service users in decisions relating to the design, delivery and development of their services.

Promoting services that are person centred and promote empowerment, independence and choice.

Housing for older people is designed to meet older people's current and future needs. Housing and services for older people is affordable, accessible, inclusive and nondiscriminatory.

Services comply with nationally recognised quality standards.

Staff working with older people are appropriately qualified, formally inducted and regularly trained to ensure they are up to date and comply with professional standards.

The charity’s policy on reserves

The trustees approved a reserves policy of holding a minimum of 3 months annual budgeted expenditure.

Financial risks

Fall in susbcription income not offset by cost reduction.

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EROSH EROSH Chalrfs Report 2023 2023 has fithvn by. various thanges to re￿ in ix)th activities and people here * Our rKk to supm sheher8d and rets'remenl ￿Using providets and ￿1r staff conlinues, through (yjr web-based resLMJrces induding good practice guides and case studies, policy briefings and OUT members. forum. Our plans for 2024 indude a programme of work lo enhance the profrfe of our virtual. and increasingly in-perS(￿. lo￿ netW(￿king OPFK)rtunitss. Our lot¥JstarKling Code of Practice was relaunched in 2023 as the Independent Living Stsndards (ILS) ac(xedilation and c￿)￿'nueS to attract inleresl and plaudits from the varied organisations it supports and inspects. We keep it constantly under review to ertsure its fotward-thinking relevance to the sector. Providefs continue to appreciate the beneffts of using a national accredstation framewort( to demonstrate the quality of treir acc0mn￿dati0n and services for older people are. On the erosh m team this trear, we were very pleased to welcome Rebecca Mollart back as CEO. an extemal appointment to the role sadly not having worked out. Thankfully. Rebecca has retumed InV￿orated and she - along with the rest of the team - has plenty of ideas on driving forward service improvements. The team continues to ovide great KYdessional supwt to ts board of trustees. We also said gocyjbye to Ka￿n Palmer as our treasurer. Karen was invaluable in updating and streamlining our financial systems over the last two years. We were very f(tunate arKI happy to wElcome Emily Lewis. w￿? currently w0￿S as H&3d of Finan at a housing association in Wales. into the treasurerfs role. On our board of trustees. we bade fond larewells to Lucy Hales and Joy Smith. I'd like lo register my grateful thanks to these trustees and al the same time as welcomirrfJ Mar)dy Cutbill-sims as a new twstee. Our relatively small board of trustees Is fortunate to corrtain a wealth of talent and experience. at a time when many organisations are stru931ing to attract people with the skills relevant to their sector. Speaklng of ￿1{, I'd like to end by thanking core erosh team and all our Iruste8S f(￿ thwr hard work. suppcxt and commitnnt during 2023. We are always looking lor rbew talerrt arKI expertise, so rf y(xJ are re￿lIng this and thlnklng you'd like lo find more about becomiThJ an erosh trustee, I￿a88161 Rena kn(M vla [e-mail] - *'d love to frorn you! S￿ne0 on b&olf crf the chartys trustees: Ann Karas, Tru8ts8 DBle

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of EROSH for the year ended 31 December 2023

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of EROSH (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed ____ Date _______ John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus

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Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 December 2023

2022 £ Receipts 54444 Membership subscriptions 30688 Code of Practice income 25 Bank interest 7185 Consultancy fees & assessments 92342 Total receipts Payments Direct costs 13075 Marketing, PR & Business Development 21033 Consultancy - policy & projects 25597 Code of Practice Support costs 10390 Administrator 1154 Website & IT 162 Telephone 414 Printing, postage & stationery 1500 Good Practice Guides 571 Subscriptions 151 Insurance 92 Travel & subsistence 78 Bank charges 1307 Sundry expenses Governance costs 720 Independent examiner's fee 1560 Professional fees/consultancy/training 77804 Total payments 14538 Net receipts/(payments) 70724 Cash funds at start of this period 85262 Cash funds at end of this period	2023 £ 56318 19036 79 5700
	81133
	9325 21000 20561 7650 1545 124 - 8100 396 162 319 60 514 756 4587
	75099
	6034 85262
	91296

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EROSH Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2023 2022 Z023 Cash assets 85262 Ba￿ acccrtrts 85262 91296 91296 Other monetary assets 41 41 Liabllilies Credila)r5 8575 (8575) 6910 6910 These financial siatements are a(xxpted on behaK of tho ¢*arity by: Ann Karas. Trustee

EROSH Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023

1. Receipts & payments accounts

Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.

2. Creditors

Independent examination fee Travel Code of Practice Consultancy - policy & projects Administrator Marketing, PR & Business Development Good Practice Guides	£ 840 85 1805 1750 630 900 900
	6910

3. Trustees’ remuneration

Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.

4. Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the period.

5. Glossary of terms

Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.

Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.

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